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That discussion leaves me very cold..........
Simple reason: The F6 works perfectly at cold temperatures. I have used it at -10°C for hours. I was frozen and defunct after that, but the F6 was absolutely fine. I used it with the MB-40 vertical grip and rechargeable Eneloop AA cells.
Another advantage of the F6 at frozen temperatures are the very nice cover and knob materials which allow you using it without gloves, if you want. I would never do that with my FM or FE2 at such low temperature, the pure metal is just horrible to touch!
And if you want to use gloves, handling and operating the F6 works very well, too (and better compared to its forerunners). The dials and knobs are big enough, and there is enough space between them.
Using at extremely low temperatures and with gloves was also one of the design targets of the F6 engineers.
The battery in my Nikon FM (for the light meter) failed at -10°C to -15°C on a travel in Siberia. It failed suddenly without a warning. That is also an important advantage of the modern film cameras, as their battery indicator warns you in time / at the right time when the battery power starts to get lower. So that you have enough time and flexibility to change to fresh batteries.
Best regards,
Henning